“The herdsmen tried to capture a Christian pregnant woman and her in-law, but the military rescued them,” area resident Agwam Adams told Morning Star News in a text message. “The woman sustained gunshot wounds on her leg. The attack in Sabo GRA is a serious one but thank God for the prompt intervention from the Nigerian army.”

Adams added that the Fulani militants went to a home where they knew Christian’s lived in an attempt to kidnap them. Upon arriving, the family wasn’t there, and the militants set their house on fire.

“The criminals on sensing the presence of security agents started shooting indiscriminately,” police spokesman Mohammed Jalige said in a press statement. “The operatives did not hesitate in returning fire for fire and succeeded in foiling the attempt. The criminals, frustrated by the police and other security agents, set residents’ homes on fire and fled.”

Jalige also said that a simultaneous attack on Oil village resulted in the kidnapping of a woman and her four children.

“Oil village and Sabo GRA, Christian communities, are under attacks from Muslim Fulani herdsmen right now,” Oil village resident Rita Usman told Morning star via text message.

Unguwar Dodo and Unguwar Gimbiya were also attacked on Saturday. Gimbiya Area resident, Barnabas Yohanna, told Morning Star that her village had been attacked several times in recent months.

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